#AA9DAD#AA9DAD

#AA9DAD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.027 H 319.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9DAD
RGB	rgb(170, 157, 173)
HSL	hsl(289, 9%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(289, 9%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 9.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, 7.73, -6.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 10.15, 319.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% 0.0208 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.027 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1762, 35.6774, 44.5077)
Luminance	0.3568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9DAD #A0AD9D

analogous

#A29DAD #AA9DAD #AD9DA8

triadic

#AA9DAD #ADAA9D #9DADAA

tetradic

#AA9DAD #ADA29D #A0AD9D #9DA8AD

square

#AA9DAD #ADA29D #A0AD9D #9DA8AD

split-complementary

#AA9DAD #A8AD9D #9DADA2

monochromatic

#6E5F71 #8D7C91 #AA9DAD #C7BEC9 #E4E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AA9DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#AA9DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9DAD

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9DAD	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA0AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9EA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 157, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.027 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b9c5',
    500: '#aa9dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9dad;
$custom-light: #c3b9c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.75,
    "s": 8.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71217,
    "c": 0.0272,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9DAD

secondary

#D1D6D0

accent

#93535F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9DAD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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